Beta-Bot

[EzioMagnifico]

v1.0.0
Thanks to the Author novrion

Negamax bitboard chess engine .

Download : https://github.com/novrion/Beta-Bot/releases/tag/v1.0.0

Bitboard chess engine with negamax, alpha beta pruning, null move heuristic, and MVVLVA move order

Beta since not alpha

Tutorial
1: input w/n for player side
2: input max time for engine to calculate next move (seconds)
3: input fen code or 'x' to start a game
4: write moves to play them. Ex: "e2e4" or "b1c3"

Castle: move the king to the square it stands after castling

Run the run_optimized.exe or run.exe to start the engine

Specifications
Bitboard representation
Negamax
Alpha beta pruning
Null move heuristic
LVVMVA move order

[Karoot]

Amazing to play against!

[novrion]

I wasn’t expecting anyone to find my engine.

Please download the latest version (v1.0.4) instead since it had some bug fixes.

+rep Karoot
:)

[EzioMagnifico]

v1.0.4
Thanks to the Author novrion

Negamax bitboard chess engine .

Download : https://github.com/novrion/Beta-Bot/releases/tag/v1.0.4

Bitboard chess engine with negamax, alpha beta pruning, null move heuristic, and MVVLVA move order

Beta since not alpha ;)

[jearls]

I wasn’t expecting anyone to find my engine.

Please download the latest version (v1.0.4) instead since it had some bug fixes.

+rep Karoot
:)

Does it need a GUI to run? It won't run in Arena.

[Karoot]

It doesn't have UCI yet so it plays in the console, just write your move as: e2e4 when moving a pawn to e4 and so on :)

[EzioMagnifico]

v1.0.5
Thanks to the Author novrion

Negamax bitboard chess engine .

Download : https://github.com/novrion/Beta-Bot/releases/tag/v1.0.5

Homepage / Instructions : https://github.com/novrion/Beta-Bot

Bitboard chess engine with negamax, alpha beta pruning, null move heuristic, and MVVLVA move order
This release has some ui updates and has added support for linux.

Beta since not alpha ;)